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Trainer Shaune Ritchie believes he has a handy three-year-old on his hands after Whiskey (NZ) (Burgundy) broke his maiden status with an impressive victory over 1200m at Te Rapa on Saturday. Ritchie, who prepares the son of Burgundy with training partner Colm Murray at their Cambridge base, was
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With the onset of spring and summer racing just around the corner, you can hear the excitement in the voice of trainer Graham Richardson as he talks about the prospects his Matamata stable has for the new season. Richardson and training partner Rogan Norvall will unleash several unraced runners at
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An eye-catching trial win over new stablemate Catalyst (NZ) (Darci Brahma) at Cambridge last week indicated promising mare Marchioness (NZ) (Iffraaj) was ready to win first-up and so it proved when she cruised home over 1200m at Te Rapa on Saturday. The lightly raced four-year-old daughter
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Taranaki galloper Justaskme (NZ) (No Excuse Needed) gained a measure of revenge for an unlucky effort in last week’s Gr.3 Winter Cup (1600m) at Riccarton when he triumphed in Saturday’s Heatstore Open Handicap (1400m) at the venue. The Allan Sharrock-trained six-year-old had finished runner-
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An excited flourish of the whip by Shaun Phelan as he crossed the finish line said it all as champion jumper Tallyho Twinkletoe (NZ) (St Reims) wrote his name into Australasian jumping folklore as he took out the Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge Grand National Steeplechase (5600m) at Riccarton. The
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Matamata trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott are eyeing a trip south to Wanganui next month with Treasure State if he performs well at Te Rapa on Saturday. The three-year-old gelding will be aiming for back-to-back wins in the Waikato Draught 1200, and a tilt
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Byerley Park trainer Danny Walker senses an opportunity at Te Rapa on Saturday with in-form winter galloper Crystallize (NZ) (Iffraaj). The last start winner contests the Super Seth @ Waikato Stud Mile (1600m), an Open Handicap in which the six-year-old gelding will carry 52.5kgs after the claim
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Hawke’s Bay horsewoman Corrina McDougal’s love of life runs far deeper than the success she is enjoying as the training partner of Paul Nelson. On Wednesday she and Nelson had further cause for celebration when The Cossack added the Grand National Hurdles to the Great Northern, Waikato and
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New Zealand training great Stephen McKee has announced his retirement. The co-trainer of champion galloper Sunline in partnership with his late father Trevor, McKee has guided the careers of many a star New Zealand racehorse, among them the likes of another Hall of Famer, Mufhasa, and in more recent
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Chilly Filly (NZ) (Swiss Ace) continued her impressive run of form at Riccarton on Wednesday when winning the McMillan Equine Rating 74 (1000m). It was her third win from five starts this preparation, with the four-year-old finishing runner-up in her two other outings. Trainer Ross Beckett was
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With names like Jumbo, Riccarton's steeplechase fences are renowned for their size but Hunterville trainer Ken Duncan said the biggest obstacle facing Shamal (NZ) (Zabeel) in Saturday's Racecourse Hotel Grand National Steeplechase (5600m) doesn't need to be jumped. Duncan is referring to last Saturday&